Radiator.



K.M.BOBLETT RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1911.

1,053,269; Patented Feb. 18,1913

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RADIATOR,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1911.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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1,053,2659, Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd Feb, 18 1913, Application filed July 12, 1911. Serial No. 638,057.

To all whom it may concern: sectional view disclosing three different Be it known that I, KIn ERMAN M. BoB- shapes of conduitwalls whereby the design Lnrr, a citizen of the United ,States, read or appearance of the finished radiator may ing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and 'be varled. 50

. 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new Like parts are indicated by similar charand useful Improvements in Radiators, of acters of reference throughout the several which the following is a specification. views. p I

My invention relates to fluid cooling ap- The radiator forming the subject matter paratus, or condensers, and particularly to hereof is of the cellular type, presenting a .5 10 radiators for use in connection with explo-4 front surface .of pleasing appearance disive engines, and is especially adapted for vided intoa multitude of geometrical figautomobile use. The invention however is ures of equal shape and proportion. The not limited to'such use but may be employed radiator comprises a frame having in the hs a condenser in connection with steam enupper portion thereof a receiving chamber 7o gines,o-rin connection with refrigerating ap- 1, and in the lower portion a dispensing paratus, or it may be employed as a radichamber 2 connected with the receiving ator for heating purposes. chamber by a plurality of conduits through The object of the invention is to simplify which the water passes from the chamber the structure: as well as the means and mode 1 to the chamber 2. .These conduit-s may 0 of operation of such devices whereby they be either continuous from one chamber to i willnot only be cheapened in construction, the other as shown in the "drawings, or they but drill be more efficient and economical in m y e f sh r eng h and arranged in tiers operation, and. unlikely .to get out of repair. Separated by intervening water spaces or A" further object is to provide an imauxiliary chambers common to all the con-'80 25 proved form of radiator which will present duits of the tier. in the common and well to the-atmosphere a maximum amount of known manner. radiating surface, which will be staunch The conduits are formed by arranging aand compact, and which will comprise a plurality of similarunits' side by side but plurality of identical units which are'ass para e f G Ch Other to form interni- 30 sembled to form radiators of different sizes I .diate water spaces or conduits. The units or proportions. Y which are all identical in construction com- With theabove primary and other inciprise two parts or members 4 and 5, shown dental objects in view as will more faliy in detail in Figs. 2 and 3; each formed from appear in thespecification, the invention a smgle. shee f m eri l- The portion or 35 consists of the features of construction, the "m ber 4 iS fo med from Bi continuous strip parts and combinations thereof, and the of material f ed up n tse f at regular mode of operation or their equivalents, as; int rvals o f rm a series of plaits or rehereinafterdescribed and set forth in the= V rse bends 6- project-mg,laterallyat right claims. r angles fromfthe general plane or web of 40 Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a h member. The folds 6 may be comfront elevation of the assembled radiator. pressed ig tly throughout as'sh'own in the Figs. 2 and 3 are detail perspective viewswi g r they may be spread or openedof the two members or half units which are int rm diate their ends, and compressed united to form asingle radiator unit, showonly at their extremities, thereby forming 100.

4a ing the exterior thereof. Fig. 4 is a transblind passages or culade sac. The web of verse vertical sectional view of the asseme member fTOm Winch the plaits project bled unit. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of issubstantially straight or flat throughout. a portion of the assembled unit. Fig. 6 is The terminal fold of the member 4 is a perspective view of a plurality of the foldedagain upon itself as shown at? form 50 units assembled to form a radiator body. ing a fold of triple thickness within which Fig. 7 is a plan view partly broken away of the ofi'setor projecting edge 8 of the opa plurality of units assembled into a radiposite member is engaged to form a unitator body. Fig. 8-is a transverse vertical 'ing seam. The opposite unit part or memsectio-nal. view of the same. Fig. 9 is a debar 5 is formed from a single sheet of metal, 5-5 tail perspective view .of aspacer member the opposite ends of which are bent at right hereinafter described. Fig. 101s a detail angles to. thomain plane thereof as shown of the member 4. The opposite lateral edges of the member are bent in a direction opposite'to that in-which the extremities 8-8 extend, to form inward projecting right angle or L-shaped flanges J 9, on the exterior side of the member 5. The unit parts or members 4: and are united by introducing the projecting-ends SS of the member 5 within the terminal folds T of the member at, with the inward projecting folds or plaits 6 of the member 4 projecting into proximity to the web of the member 5 as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 8, thereby forming a plurality of rectangular air passages 10 separated by the folds or plaits 6, in which relation the portions or members 4- and 5 are united.

In constructing the radiator, a plurality of the radiator units formed as above described are arranged side by side as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, with the side 5 of one unit adjacent to the side at of the succeeding unit, but separated therefrom by the contact of the marginal flanges 99 projecting from'the side member 5 engaging the side member 4 of the next succeeding unit to which they'are united by soldering .or other means. The projecting flanges 9-9 separating the adjacent sides of succeeding units form intermediate vertical water spaces or conduits 11 connecting the chambers 1 and 2. In'the event that the folds or plaits 6 have been opened intermediate their length the blind passages or culs de sac thus formed will communicate with said vertical conduits 11. By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the several vertical water passages or conduits thus formed are each separate from and independent of the others, and that the several conduits are separatedby series of intervening air passages 10. Likewise each vertical series of air spaces, that is the air spaces of each unit, are separate and independent of every other vertical. series of air spaces, and each air space of each. series is independent of every other air space of the same series, although. the latter is not essential. After the several units have been arranged side by side, separated by the lateral flanges 9-9, a spacer member 12, shown in detail in Fig. 9 is applied to the top and bottom of the assembled radiator body or core adjacent to the front and rear edges thereof as shown in Fig. 6. The spacer member 12 comprises a strip of material bent upon itself throughout a series of reverse bends or corrugations, the

pendant portions or bights 13 of which are inserted within the water spaces or conduits 11- adjacent to the marginal flanges 9-9 which form the front and rear walls of the conduits. After the units and spacers have been assembled into the complete radiator body or core, they are united into one structure by dipping or soldering which unites the terminal portions 7 and 8.0f the unit members, the marginal flanges 9 9 of each unit with the succeeding unit and the spacers 12 in their adjusted position. The

spacers 12 restrict the inlet. and outlet. oriflees of the conduits 11 to a slight extent, aifording a continuous and more extensive surface for soldering the core or radiator body within the frame or case. lVhen the core or body is dipped to unite the several parts the solder will enter within the pendant portions of the spacers, but such porticns 13 will prevent the solder from flowing down the conduits or water spaces 11.

Fig. 10 shows several different shapes into which the marginal flange maybe formed thereby giving to the front and rear walls of the conduits different shapes whereby the general appearance'of the radiator may be modified.

From the above description it will be ap parent that there is thus produced a device of the character described possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form. proportion, detail construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

While in order tocomply with the statute the invention has herein been described in language more or less specific as to certain structural features, it 15 to be understood that the invention 15 not limited to any specific details but that the means and mechanism herein shown and described comprise but one mode of putting the invention into eflect and the invention is therefore claimed broadly in any of its possible forms of modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus describe claim: j

1. In a radiator unit, tw o substantially parallel side members comprising sidewalls of succeeding conduits connected one with the other at their ends corresponding to the inlet and outlet ends of the conduits but spaced apart, one of the wall members ha V-' ing formed therein a series of ntegral plaits my invention I projecting across the intervening space in a.

direction parallel with the connected extremities, the other wall member having marginal =side flanges projecting in a direction away from'the plalted member of the unit, substantially asspecified.

2. In a radiator, a series of radiator units each comprising a substantially planes de member and a plaited side member, saidside members being adapted to form side walls of succeeding conduits, marginal end flanges on the plane member projecting laterally in one direction and marginal side flanges thereon extending parallel with the direction of the conduit projecting laterally in the opposite direction, the plaited member and plane member being arranged side by side with the plaits of the plaited member projecting toward the plane member, the marginal side flanges of the plane member projecting away from the plaited member of the particular unit and engaging the plaited side member of the next succeeding unit of the series to form with said succeeding unit an intermediate conduit, substantially as specified. I

3. In a radiator unit, two substantially parallel side walls, each of the side walls being adapted to form one side of sepaif ate conduits, said side walls of separate conduits being-connected at their extremities corresponding to the inlet and outlet ends of such conduits, thereby inclosing an intermediate air space between the said side walls of succeeding conduits one of said side walls having laterally projecting flanges parallel with the direction of the conduit to be formed adapted to engage the opposite side wall of the nextsucceeding unit to complete one conduit, the other side Wall being adapted to be engaged by the flanges of the opposite wall of the preceding unit to complete another conduit, substantially as specified.

at. In a radiator, tially parallel conduits, a spacer member comprising a strip of material bent upon it self throughout a meandroasformation to form a succession of alternately arranged U shaped bights, said spacer being arranged in a plurality of substansuch relation with the conduits that the l pendant U shaped bights will project intermediate the conduit walls while the portions of the strip intermediate the pendant bights will extend in a plane substantially flush with the extremities of the conduits forming an extended bearing surface for the attach- 1i pent of the conduits, substantially as specil ed.

5. In a radic tor, the combination with a f chamber and a plurality of conduits ,com- I municating with the chamber, of an attachment member comprising a strip of material bent upon itself through a meandrous formation whereby portions of thestrip will extend alternately parallelfivith the wall of I the chamber and parallel with the walls of [the conduits, thereby afi'ording broad surfaces of attachment to the conduit Walls and chamber, substantially as specified.

v6. In a radiator, the combination with a chamber and a plurality of conduits communicating with the chamber of an attachment' member comprising a strip of material arranged parallel with the wall of tlierllaiiiher and having portions. thereof extended angularly in a direction parallel with the walls of the conduits, said strip being attached alternately to the chamber wall and the conduit walls, substantially as specified. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of July 1911.

KINDERMAN M. BOBLETT. Witnesses: B. A.-EIsoHEN,

W. F. Rome.

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